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Tektronix WVR6100 User's Technical Reference

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WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100
Waveform Rasterizers
User Technical Reference
www.tektronix.com
071-1991-01

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  • Page 1 WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 Waveform Rasterizers User Technical Reference www.tektronix.com 071-1991-01...
  • Page 2 Copyright © Tektronix. All rights reserved. Licensed software products are owned by Tektronix or its subsidiaries or suppliers, and are protected by national copyright laws and international treaty provisions. Tektronix products are covered by U.S. and foreign patents, issued and pending. Information in this publication supercedes that in all previously published material.
  • Page 3 Warranty 2 Tektronix warrants that this product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the date of shipment. If any such product proves defective during this warranty period, Tektronix, at its option, either will repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor, or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    ................. . . WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...
  • Page 6 Table of Contents WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

  • Page 7: General Safety Summary

    Do Note Operate in an Explosive Atmosphere. Keep Product Surfaces Clean and Dry. Provide Proper Ventilation. Refer to the manual’s installation instructions for details on installing the product so it has proper ventilation. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

  • Page 8: Symbols And Terms

    WARNING indicates an injury hazard not immediately accessible as you read the marking. CAUTION indicates a hazard to property including the product. Symbols on the Product. The following symbols may appear on the product: CAUTION WARNING Protective Ground Refer to Manual High Voltage (Earth) Terminal WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

  • Page 9: Preface

    WVR7100 Quick Start User Manual. NOTE. If you have a WVR7100 or WVR6100 waveform rasterizer with system software verion 1, this manual does not apply. Use the documentation that shipped with your instrument. If your WVR6100 or WVR7100 has system software version 2 and later, use this manual.
  • Page 10 Preface WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

  • Page 11: Installation Variations

    Installation Variations Installation Variations See your WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 Quick Start User Manual for basic installation instructions; see the following information for other installation situations and for remote communication instructions, an optional procedure that is suitable for incoming inspection of this product.
  • Page 12 NOTE. For help with entering or changing the password, select Web Password, and press the HELP button. 6. Press CONFIG to close the Configura- tion menu. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...
  • Page 13 This menu entry allows you to set the Public Community string. This string is effectively a password. Without this string, SNMP commands cannot read values from the instrument. NOTE. The Public String is necessary for SNMP access to read values from the instrument. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

  • Page 14: Remote Communication

    4. Note the IP Address for use in step 6. NOTE. You may have to set other network parameters in this menu; see your LAN administrator if required. 5. Press CONFIG to close the Configura- tion menu. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

  • Page 15: Using The Java Applet

    The Java applet provides a menu bar and a virtual front panel that gives you complete remote control over instrument settings. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...
  • Page 16 Web browser and, thus, is not subject to the various browser limitations. You can download the Java application package from the Tektronix Web site. Look for WVR Remote Software Package in the download section of the Video Test Product pages.
  • Page 17 2. To turn the display of the Waveform Display Window on or off, click View > Waveform Display. NOTE. The displays can be turned on or off independently of each other. Here they are both displayed in the applet window. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...
  • Page 18 3. Click the MENU button. NOTE. You can also resize the virtual control panel by clicking and dragging the edges of the panel. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...
  • Page 19 Various controls not avail- The menu entries below Configuration duplicate most of the able on the front panel setups available by display the Configuration menu using the CONFIG button on the instrument front panel WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

  • Page 20: Using The Wvr Remote Front Panel

    Construction: Pins 1- - 9 of each connector wired to corresponding pins of the alternate connector (connect pin 1 to pin 1, and so on). Shield or drain wire bonded to metal shell at each end. Maximum length: 100 ft WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

  • Page 21: Incoming Inspection

    At your option, you can complete the following incoming inspection procedures. These procedures require no equipment except a display to check functionality. For the performance verification procedures, see the WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 Performance Verification and Specification Technical Reference document on the Documents CD that shipped with this instrument.

  • Page 22: Front Panel Test

    5. Press the right arrow key until the Help Contents pane in the upper-left corner is highlighted. 6. Turn the GENERAL knob and verify the selector box moves up and down the list. 7. Press HELP to exit help. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

  • Page 23: Xga And Extended Diagnostics Test

    Green and Blue ramps at the bottom of the screen. They should not have steps but should instead have a smooth tran- sition from dark to light. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

  • Page 24: Fan Test

    If the fault light in the lower left corner of the front panel is not on (Red), the fans are running. You should also be able to hear them and feel air coming out the back of the instrument. At low temperatures, the fans will turn slowly and be very quiet. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

  • Page 25: Display Information

    This is because the line selection in SDI Mode is an odd/even selection, and composite signals are normally viewed with a one-of-four or one-of-eight line selection. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...
  • Page 26 To cancel any horizontal or vertical position adjustments and restore the trace to the default position, select Center Waveform and press SEL. For a tile in WFM mode, this puts the baseline at the zero graticule. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

  • Page 27: Vector Display

    This is a Tektronix proprietary display and is for SDI signals only.

  • Page 28: Timing Display

    Pressing the MEAS button displays a Tektronix proprietary display that simplifies measuring the timing difference between two signals as the timing is corrected. Using the Tektronix Timing display enables you to easily compare and correct the timing between two signals.
  • Page 29 Nondeterministic cases include timing of slow rate inputs against fast frame-rate references or when timing video against film rates. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

  • Page 30: Picture Display

    This behavior may be evident on a sweep signal. Also see the online help for the Picture Aspect Ratio for related information. Display can be set to include Closed Captioning text overlaid on the picture. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...
  • Page 31 EIA- - 608- - ANC, and EIA- - 608 (708) For HD: EIA- - 608- - ANC, EIA- - 608 (708) NOTE. See Monitoring Closed Captioning (CC) and Safe Area Compliance in the WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 Quick Start User Manual. PICT Pop-up Menu...

  • Page 32: Audio Display

    NOTE. Select and/or define these graticules globally in the Graticules submenu of the CONFIG menu. You can set the Safe Graticule Standard and define dimensions and offsets for custom Safe Graticules. See To Monitor for Safe Area Compliance in the WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 Quick Start User Manual for more information. Audio Display Pressing the AUDIO button brings up the Audio Display.
  • Page 33 (Axes are selectable for an XY or Soundstage plot.) Phase correlation meters Displays the phase correlation between the two-channel bars under which it appears. The meter of the pair selected for the Phase display also appears in the Phase display. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...
  • Page 34 You can also change the input to bar mapping in the CONFIG menu to any order that you want (see How to Configure Audio Inputs in the WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 Quick Start User Manual).
  • Page 35 NOTE. Use the CONFIG menu to select the mapping of input to bar, the meter type, and the Follows video mapping of audio to video. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

  • Page 36: Ltc Waveform Display

    2. Time Code: when displayed, indicates that the LTC time code is locked to the video. 3. Horizontal Scale: The horizontal dis- play scale. 4. Vertical Scale (dBu): The vertical dis- play scale in dBu. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

  • Page 37: Gamut Display

    Gamut Display Pressing the GAMUT button calls up the Gamut Display. The Gamut display provides three proprietary Tektronix display types to enable you to easily and quickly check the gamut of an SDI signal. You can choose from the Arrowhead, Diamond, and Split Diamond displays.

  • Page 38: Status Display

    ARIB-based information encoding. The rasterizer supports TR-B.22, TR-B.23-1, TR-B.23-2, B.35, B.37, and B.39 ARIB standards. To view the ARIB content displays, enable this option in CONFIG > Aux Data Settings > ARIB Content Display. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...
  • Page 39 Indicates that there is a warning condition (that might require attention) or that an error has occurred within 2 seconds Indicates signal information that has been found to be in an ongoing error state Gray Indicates alarm status state of an un-enabled alarm WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

  • Page 40: Eye Display

    Two jitter indicators provide two independent measurements of jitter. You can also set alarms on various parameters (see your instrument online Help). For more information on jitter, search the Tektronix Web site for jitter application notes.

  • Page 41: Jitter Display

    (see your instrument online Help). For more information on jitter, search the Tektronix Web site for jitter application notes. NOTE. Option PHY is available only for the WVR6100 and WVR7100. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...
  • Page 42 Jitter HPF value, center the waveform, show or hide the meter readout, and change the display type. NOTE. For instructions on how to take jitter measurements, see the To Take Jitter Measurements section in the WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 Quick Start User Manual.

  • Page 43: Supplemental Operating Information

    For the same reasons, you might also want to clone setups to use in setting up other waveform rasterizers. Saving and recalling of presets in the same instrument is covered in To Use Presets in the WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 Quick Start User Manual.

  • Page 44: From The Java Application

    Java Standard Runtime Environment version 1.4.1 or later. The Java runtime must already be installed on your system in order to use the Java application. The Java application package (wvr7100.zip) from the Tektronix Web site, installed on the computer. The waveform rasterizer, networked or otherwise connected for remote control from the computer.
  • Page 45 Click to check the File button and enter the full path and name for the target file. Save the current setup to any of the onboard Rasterizer Presets 1-5 listed in the Save As Preset dialog box. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...
  • Page 46 3. Click Browse to display the Open dia- log box. 4. Navigate to the file to be restored and select it. 5. Click Open. 6. Click OK in the Restore Settings dialog box. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...
  • Page 47 Application, entering the IP of that ras- terizer. See Launching the Java Ap- plication on page 35. 2. Select Load Presets From File in the File menu. 3. Click the ... button to display the Open dialog box. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

  • Page 48: Upgrading The Waveform Rasterizer Firmware

    Upgrading the Waveform Rasterizer Firmware System Upgrade (CONFIG > Utilities > System Upgrade) is used to upgrade the system software of the WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 Waveform Rasterizers. The upgrade is performed across an Ethernet network using a PC to transfer the new software to the waveform rasterizer.

  • Page 49: Before You Begin

    The instrument will automatically switch to factory default if DHCP discovery fails. Press the SEL button to restart DHCP discovery. NOTE. FAULTS will not be logged into the diagnostic log because the boot monitor is running, not the main instrument software. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

  • Page 50: Installing The Firmware

    3. Click the downloaded archive and ex- tract the archived files into a directory of your choice. The files to be ex- tracted are transfer.exe and read- me.txt. 4. Extract the following files: transfer.exe, firmware.pkg and readme.txt. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...
  • Page 51 The monitor display goes to black and the DISPLAY SELECT keys flash in sequence. 9. If the arrow keys also flash, the wave- form rasterizer is in DHCP mode. Wait until the arrow keys stop flashing be- fore proceeding. WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

  • Page 52: Upgrading Multiple Instruments

    IP addresses or DNS names for the instruments to be updated. If you created a text file named HOSTS.TXT, you would enter the following command to update a group of instruments: transfer.exe < HOSTS.TXT WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

  • Page 53: Verifying The Upgrade

    Canare L-5CFB. Coax-Solid Copper Center Conductor; Foam PE Dielectric Tinned Copper Braid + 100% Foil Shield Dielectric; 100% Sweep Tested; Nominal O.D. in. (mm): .303 (7.7); PVC Jacket Thickness in. (mm): .043 (1.1) WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...
  • Page 54 PE; Inner Screen: Aluminium Polyester Tape; Outer Screen: Tinned Copper Braid 95%; Jacket Material: LSOH (PVC to special order); Nominal Diameter: mm 6.8; Cable weight: kg/km 60.0; Impedance ohms (+/- - 1): 75.0 Capacitance (nominal): p/F/m 56.0 DC resistance max ohms/100m: 2.19 Velocity of propagation %: 83.0 WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

  • Page 55: Index

    Dolby Status, Status pop- - up menu, 28 Lissajous Snd Stage, Audio pop- - up PICT button, 20 menu, 26 Picture Luma, Waveform pop- - up menu, 16 Error Log, Status pop- - up menu, 28 WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...
  • Page 56 Vertical Offset, Timing display, 18 menu, 15 Video Session, Status pop- - up menu, 28 YPbPr, Waveform pop- - up menu, 15 SDI Status, Status pop- - up menu, 29 YRGB, Waveform pop- - up menu, 15 WVR6100, WVR7000, and WVR7100 User Technical Reference...

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